ISS / CSS My Once in a Lifetime Moment
Taken by Philip Smith on April 28, 2022 @
Manorville, NY USA
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Please Note: It is a must for you to click of video to see it better enlarged for more detail. I went to Heveans-Above.com, to see what information I could get for the day. I saw both the International Space Station (ISS) and Chinese Space Station (CSS) pass at the same start time 4:22amEST. I had just imaged the CSS in "High Resolution" on 04-23-22, that even made the cover page of Spaceweather.com. SpaceX crew-4 Freedom Dragon docked to the ISS at 7:37pm EST on 04-27-22 the day before just 8hrs 46min before my ISS pass at 4.22amEST. I wanted to be the 1st to image it docked to the ISS along with SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon. So for me it was a know brainer. I would image the ISS in "High Resolution" because of the historical history that was being made. I then had an idea. I took the ISS and the CSS sky charts and overplayed them in CS6 photoshop to see something. What I saw was a big once an a life time opportunity. I saw the ISS and the CSS will be very close in a wide field area to view for a brief moment at the same time to image. It was soon time for the both passes. I had the think fast now. I took ZWO asi120smm camera and a 3 Mega pixels IR 5-50mm f1.4 lens and put it on another mount setup I had in my observatory. It was pointing and tracking in that area the ISS and CSS would be in the same FOV. Everything was set and I had no more time left. I walked over to my laptop and started to see CSS started moving across on my pc monitor. I pressed "RECORD" as fast as I could. First I saw CSS and then ISS on the pc monitor at the same time. For a brief moment my feet left Earth followed by a very audible "YES I GOT YOU"! I got lucky and with a little help from Heavens-Above. That is why you see the recording with CSS starting in the center of the recording area. That is only because, I did not have enough time to get to the pc before CSS started to moved across the FOV on my pc monitor. I now have proof data and sky charts of a true once in my life time moment recorded. I am happy to share this with you and the world. With that said: I stopped that recording. It was now time for me to get over to the other mount setup to start tracking and recording the ISS with a EdgeHD14" and a new "global" shutter camera I just got and testing for "High Resolution" recording. The ISS was moving faster and getting brighter the higher it retched. I locked on to the ISS and made setting and hand control adjustment to help keep the ISS on the imaging camera sensor. After the ISS had passed and I pressed spot recording. My adrenaline was off the charts. Now it was time take a deep breath and reflect what just happed. It was a big astronomical morning on 04-28-22 I will never forget.
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Photographer's website:
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